[applause] in the words of dick hoyt, who has pushed his disabled son rick in 31 boston marathons, we cannot let something like this stop us. this does not stop us. us, is what you taught boston. that is what you are reminded us. persevere, to not even when it hurts, even when our heart aches, we summon the strength that maybe we did not even know we had, and we carry on. we finished the race. , and we dohe race that because of who we are. and we do that because we know that somewhere aune bd, a stranger has a cup of water. around the bend, somebody is there to boost our spirits. on that toughest mile, just when hit the that we have wall, someone will be there to cheer us on and pick us up if we fall. we know that. [applause] that is what the perpetrators of such senseless violence, these small, stunted individuals who would destroy instead of build and thinks somehow that makes them important -- that is what they don't understand. our faith in each other, our love for each other, our love for country, our common creed thatuts across whatever superficial differences there ma b tt is o